Obituary: Joan Diehl McCauley: Pioneer aviator, arts patron, mother of Sen. John Heinz
Saturday, September 25, 1999
By Brenden Sager, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Staff Writer
Joan Diehl McCauley, mother of the late U.S. Sen. John Heinz and a patron of the arts, commercial artist and aviator, died Wednesday in San Francisco, her longtime home. She was 87.
Mrs. McCauley's life was marked by achievements both in the skies and on terra firma. Her pilot's license bore the number 12, denoting her status as the 12th woman in the nation to be licensed to fly -- in 1928, at age 17.
During the two years prior to the United States' entry into World War II, Mrs. McCauley served as lieutenant in the Civil Air Patrol. As chairwoman of the National Defense Aviation Committee of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, she flew patrol missions in her Bellanca Cruisair and recruited women into an aircraft warning network.
Mrs. McCauley was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and raised in Pittsburgh by Ambrose and Frances Diehl. She graduated from the Carnegie Institute of Technology. In Pittsburgh, she met Henry J. Heinz II.
They were married in 1935 and divorced in the early 1940s. She later moved to San Francisco and married Capt. C.C. "Monty" McCauley, a naval aviator.
In San Francisco, Mrs. McCauley was a founding member of the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation, which provides scholarships for students studying science.
Mrs. McCauley served for 20 years as a member of the board of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, where she was active on the Women's Board and assisted in planning major events. She was involved with the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco Exploratorium and the Indian and Mexican museums. Also a commercial artist, she was the founder and chief executive of Pacific Design Associates, an industrial design firm.
She is survived by three grandsons.
Her funeral will be today in San Francisco. Donations in her honor may be made to the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation, Box 29405, San Francisco, CA 94129-0405, and/or the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Attention: Director's office, 151 Third St., San Francisco 94103-3159.
Saturday, September 25, 1999
By Brenden Sager, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Staff Writer
Joan Diehl McCauley, mother of the late U.S. Sen. John Heinz and a patron of the arts, commercial artist and aviator, died Wednesday in San Francisco, her longtime home. She was 87.
Mrs. McCauley's life was marked by achievements both in the skies and on terra firma. Her pilot's license bore the number 12, denoting her status as the 12th woman in the nation to be licensed to fly -- in 1928, at age 17.
During the two years prior to the United States' entry into World War II, Mrs. McCauley served as lieutenant in the Civil Air Patrol. As chairwoman of the National Defense Aviation Committee of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, she flew patrol missions in her Bellanca Cruisair and recruited women into an aircraft warning network.
Mrs. McCauley was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and raised in Pittsburgh by Ambrose and Frances Diehl. She graduated from the Carnegie Institute of Technology. In Pittsburgh, she met Henry J. Heinz II.
They were married in 1935 and divorced in the early 1940s. She later moved to San Francisco and married Capt. C.C. "Monty" McCauley, a naval aviator.
In San Francisco, Mrs. McCauley was a founding member of the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation, which provides scholarships for students studying science.
Mrs. McCauley served for 20 years as a member of the board of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, where she was active on the Women's Board and assisted in planning major events. She was involved with the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco Exploratorium and the Indian and Mexican museums. Also a commercial artist, she was the founder and chief executive of Pacific Design Associates, an industrial design firm.
She is survived by three grandsons.
Her funeral will be today in San Francisco. Donations in her honor may be made to the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation, Box 29405, San Francisco, CA 94129-0405, and/or the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Attention: Director's office, 151 Third St., San Francisco 94103-3159.
Obituary: Joan Diehl McCauley: Pioneer aviator, arts patron, mother of Sen. John Heinz
Saturday, September 25, 1999
By Brenden Sager, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Staff Writer
Joan Diehl McCauley, mother of the late U.S. Sen. John Heinz and a patron of the arts, commercial artist and aviator, died Wednesday in San Francisco, her longtime home. She was 87.
Mrs. McCauley's life was marked by achievements both in the skies and on terra firma. Her pilot's license bore the number 12, denoting her status as the 12th woman in the nation to be licensed to fly -- in 1928, at age 17.
During the two years prior to the United States' entry into World War II, Mrs. McCauley served as lieutenant in the Civil Air Patrol. As chairwoman of the National Defense Aviation Committee of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, she flew patrol missions in her Bellanca Cruisair and recruited women into an aircraft warning network.
Mrs. McCauley was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and raised in Pittsburgh by Ambrose and Frances Diehl. She graduated from the Carnegie Institute of Technology. In Pittsburgh, she met Henry J. Heinz II.
They were married in 1935 and divorced in the early 1940s. She later moved to San Francisco and married Capt. C.C. "Monty" McCauley, a naval aviator.
In San Francisco, Mrs. McCauley was a founding member of the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation, which provides scholarships for students studying science.
Mrs. McCauley served for 20 years as a member of the board of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, where she was active on the Women's Board and assisted in planning major events. She was involved with the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco Exploratorium and the Indian and Mexican museums. Also a commercial artist, she was the founder and chief executive of Pacific Design Associates, an industrial design firm.
She is survived by three grandsons.
Her funeral will be today in San Francisco. Donations in her honor may be made to the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation, Box 29405, San Francisco, CA 94129-0405, and/or the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Attention: Director's office, 151 Third St., San Francisco 94103-3159.
Saturday, September 25, 1999
By Brenden Sager, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Staff Writer
Joan Diehl McCauley, mother of the late U.S. Sen. John Heinz and a patron of the arts, commercial artist and aviator, died Wednesday in San Francisco, her longtime home. She was 87.
Mrs. McCauley's life was marked by achievements both in the skies and on terra firma. Her pilot's license bore the number 12, denoting her status as the 12th woman in the nation to be licensed to fly -- in 1928, at age 17.
During the two years prior to the United States' entry into World War II, Mrs. McCauley served as lieutenant in the Civil Air Patrol. As chairwoman of the National Defense Aviation Committee of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, she flew patrol missions in her Bellanca Cruisair and recruited women into an aircraft warning network.
Mrs. McCauley was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and raised in Pittsburgh by Ambrose and Frances Diehl. She graduated from the Carnegie Institute of Technology. In Pittsburgh, she met Henry J. Heinz II.
They were married in 1935 and divorced in the early 1940s. She later moved to San Francisco and married Capt. C.C. "Monty" McCauley, a naval aviator.
In San Francisco, Mrs. McCauley was a founding member of the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation, which provides scholarships for students studying science.
Mrs. McCauley served for 20 years as a member of the board of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, where she was active on the Women's Board and assisted in planning major events. She was involved with the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco Exploratorium and the Indian and Mexican museums. Also a commercial artist, she was the founder and chief executive of Pacific Design Associates, an industrial design firm.
She is survived by three grandsons.
Her funeral will be today in San Francisco. Donations in her honor may be made to the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation, Box 29405, San Francisco, CA 94129-0405, and/or the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Attention: Director's office, 151 Third St., San Francisco 94103-3159.
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